Indian Chess News -

Neelotpal Das of Bengal became the 14th Grandmaster from India ... Neelotpal Das earned his third and final GM norm at the 29th San Sebastian International Open chess tournament in Spain on Sunday, where he tied for the first place with four other GMs by scoring 7 points in the nine-round tournament ... But GM Stuart Conquest of England won title on better tie-break score.

Spain turns lucky for Neelotpal Das yet again ... Becoz last year he earned his previous two GM norms in spain at the Sort International Open and at the Benasque International Open respectively.

With his current ELO rating is 2514, he becomes GM with immediate effect.
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Score from ongoing National 'A' Tournament -

With last round remaining competition for last berth for Olympiad is hotting up.

Men (19th round) -
Deepan Chakkaravarthy 13.5 Pts
Surya Sekhar ganguly 13
D P Singh 13
Sandipan Chanda 13
Koneru Humpy 12.5
Abhijit Kunte 12.5

Women (18th round) -
Swathi Ghate 13.5
Mary Ann Gomes 12.5
D Harika 11.5
S. Meenakshi 11.5
S. Vijayalakshmi 11.5